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that is an interesting weaponization of the department of justice. you would think that if someone were going to weaponnize the department of justice for political purposes that he would intervene or interfere in a prosecution of his own son. but no, he didn't do that. the only people that interfered in that investigation were my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who inappropriately and improperly intervened in a federal criminal case by urging a judge to reject a plea agreement in the hunter biden case. now they say we're here because congressional power must be protected. no. but apparently congressional power is meaningless if it is used against their buddy steve bannon and peter navarro who blew off a congressional subpoena, no rationale. they are in jail not because of inherent contempt but because they were convicted of a crime because they blew it off. you can say about what you want about the january 6 committee. and say it was unlawful. well federal judges determined it to be lawful. and if your excuse is you did not comply because y
that is an interesting weaponization of the department of justice. you would think that if someone were going to weaponnize the department of justice for political purposes that he would intervene or interfere in a prosecution of his own son. but no, he didn't do that. the only people that interfered in that investigation were my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who inappropriately and improperly intervened in a federal criminal case by urging a judge to reject a plea agreement in the...
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it takes other people so this is when the result of the department of justice attorneys and staff is important and this wasn't in the bio you read but i spent almost 25 years as a prosecutor in dc. they may be willing to go along with the direction of the corrupt president but there will be career people who will say no and that's when we get to project 2025 and others may talk about decimating the plan and the career civil service and replace people that are not loyal to a future president. it gets harder to fight back but it would still take the cooperation of the u.s. attorneys offices and the person at the top, they rely on their prosecutors and some will refuse just like we saw two administrations ago there were people who resigned, a lot of people who resigned and refused to sign briefs so there is that but it's a scary prospect to think that there would be almost no restrictions and again i think i cautioned that this wouldn't be limited to doj. you can see directions to other departments and agencies to take actions that are baseless. there is a truly incredible anti-civil ri
it takes other people so this is when the result of the department of justice attorneys and staff is important and this wasn't in the bio you read but i spent almost 25 years as a prosecutor in dc. they may be willing to go along with the direction of the corrupt president but there will be career people who will say no and that's when we get to project 2025 and others may talk about decimating the plan and the career civil service and replace people that are not loyal to a future president. it...
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of the department of justice. she said that's true of special counsel mueller, it would be true of special counsel jack smith. that's the reasoning in d.c. it was rejected by judge cannon. so there's now conflict between the d.c. cases and judge cannon. i think this is going to be one where it's to be continued. in terms of the big picture, the florida case which was on hold de facto is now on hold in writing. >> de facto, du jourry, with some appeal probably. i want to bring in nbc news correspondent garrett haake at the rnc. garrett, any reaction there? >> reporter: jose, weave just gotten our reaction from the former president himself in a post on his social media site. he writes, as we move forward, this dismissal of the lauls indictment in florida should be just the first step followed by -- let me let this pick up here, they're testing the audio. i'll spich microphones. this should be the first step followed quickly by the dismissal of all the witch hunts, the january 6th hoeshgs in washington, new york a.g.
of the department of justice. she said that's true of special counsel mueller, it would be true of special counsel jack smith. that's the reasoning in d.c. it was rejected by judge cannon. so there's now conflict between the d.c. cases and judge cannon. i think this is going to be one where it's to be continued. in terms of the big picture, the florida case which was on hold de facto is now on hold in writing. >> de facto, du jourry, with some appeal probably. i want to bring in nbc news...
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use the department of justice however you want, buddy.ill influence people making sure he does not make precedency. the past presidents with dictorial aspiration. five leaders that threatened democracy. the professor of law university of michigan. >> let me start with you. you are a scholar of president american history and power. where do you sit situate this? and what is articulated by trump in terms of being president or off of the map. >> i certainly think it is a terrible decision and one that threatens democracy. it is not the only one. we have been here before. we had cases where both the president threatened democracy in fundamental sense and the court abetted and made it worse. think of john adams. a law that is aimed to shutdown the party. makes it a crime to criticize the president. does not criminalize criticizing the vice president. [ laughter ] >> during the buchanan period, lobbying the court to essentially deny all rights to black people. nationalized by wilson, and of course, nixon period, nixon claims that he is above th
use the department of justice however you want, buddy.ill influence people making sure he does not make precedency. the past presidents with dictorial aspiration. five leaders that threatened democracy. the professor of law university of michigan. >> let me start with you. you are a scholar of president american history and power. where do you sit situate this? and what is articulated by trump in terms of being president or off of the map. >> i certainly think it is a terrible...
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let's start with the fbi, a branch within the department of justice.ent trump was supremely frustrated by his ability to control the ei, he wanted desperately for the fbi to drop its investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. it follows that it would could to place the fbi under moore, quote, politically accountable," , leadership, which are code word for more loyal to the president. it also wants the fbi to stop investigating online misinformation, which feels more important today than ever. the doj wouldn't look into that, just like it wouldn't investigate police misconduct, another hidden detail in the chapter. the call to promptly eliminate all existing consent decrees, and consent decrees -- you have heard the term before -- they are handed down by the department of justice to local jurisdictions following an investigation into police wrongdoing. think of it as a court ordered improvement plan. these decrees usually compelled trails to improve their condition or police departments to consider their tactics and report back to the
let's start with the fbi, a branch within the department of justice.ent trump was supremely frustrated by his ability to control the ei, he wanted desperately for the fbi to drop its investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. it follows that it would could to place the fbi under moore, quote, politically accountable," , leadership, which are code word for more loyal to the president. it also wants the fbi to stop investigating online misinformation, which feels more...
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organize the department of justice.hat has been taken off of the table is indicative -- >> the unofficial acts are he is refuting some wall. okay, maybe we will prosecute that or not. telling the justice department -- >> it is specifically that. the job ahead for tanya chutkan seems impossible. it is if justice roberts have handed her a ziploc bag full of dirty water. here you go, figured out looking through best. the line between official and unofficial is almost impossible to clean if you cannot look at motive and you cannot put the official acts that may have led to the unofficial abuse. my last thought is that this is the culmination of 40 years of devious and focus planning on the part of the right wing. everything that the roberts court has done from affirmative action to voting rights, abortion and to executive power to this has been the result of feeds that were planted. sam alito, clarence thomas and john roberts were all coming of age in the doj and related agencies when this plan was effectively laid out by r
organize the department of justice.hat has been taken off of the table is indicative -- >> the unofficial acts are he is refuting some wall. okay, maybe we will prosecute that or not. telling the justice department -- >> it is specifically that. the job ahead for tanya chutkan seems impossible. it is if justice roberts have handed her a ziploc bag full of dirty water. here you go, figured out looking through best. the line between official and unofficial is almost impossible to...
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that is an interesting weaponization of the department of justice. you would think that if someone were going to weaponnize the department of justice for political purposes that he would intervene or interfere in a prosecution of his own son. but no, he didn't do that. the only people that interfered in that investigation were my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who inappropriately and improperly intervened in a federal criminal case by urging a judge to reject a plea agreement in the hunter biden case. now they say we're here because congressional power must be protected. no. but apparently congressional power is meaningless if it is used against their buddy steve bannon and peter navarro who blew off a congressional subpoena, no rationale. they are in jail not because of inherent contempt but because they were convicted of a crime because they blew it off. you can say about what you want about the january 6 committee. and say it was unlawful. well federal judges determined it to be lawful. and if your excuse is you did not comply because y
that is an interesting weaponization of the department of justice. you would think that if someone were going to weaponnize the department of justice for political purposes that he would intervene or interfere in a prosecution of his own son. but no, he didn't do that. the only people that interfered in that investigation were my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who inappropriately and improperly intervened in a federal criminal case by urging a judge to reject a plea agreement in the...
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and department of justice career officials failed to find a crime.ot forget his doj literally locked up michael cohen for cooperating in the investigation of trump and writing a book he didn't like. imagine what they could do with a department full of people who have literally chanted lock her up. there would be targets on the backs of people like congresswoman liz cheney, congressman benny thompson and any other member of the january th committee. just this morning, trump accused speaker nancy pelosi of failing to do her job and protecting the capitol from his supporters on january 6th. he said it was criminal. yesterday, in a live -- trump called for the prosecution of, quote, election fraudsteres, including mark zuckerberg. stating that they will be sent to prison for long periods of time. and what does that mean for you? well, you won't have access to abortion. police will have free reign to beat up and kill people without consequences. you, could be prosecuted for minor drug possession. and they will be enforcing the death penalty, aggressively.
and department of justice career officials failed to find a crime.ot forget his doj literally locked up michael cohen for cooperating in the investigation of trump and writing a book he didn't like. imagine what they could do with a department full of people who have literally chanted lock her up. there would be targets on the backs of people like congresswoman liz cheney, congressman benny thompson and any other member of the january th committee. just this morning, trump accused speaker nancy...
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you admit irregularity of the department of justice. he said, and i think this applied to independent counsel system and could apply if presi are routinely subject to investigation going forward. one thing is certain, however, it involves investigating s prosecuting a particular individual. n one imagine a less equitable manner to involve a special responsibility to investigate and prosecute. what would the reaction be if in an area not covered by the state e justice department posted a public notice inviting applicants to assist in a investigation and possible ecution of a certain prominent person, does this not invite what justice jackson described as picking the man and searching the law books or putt investigators to work to pin some offense on him. to be sure the investigation must relate to the area of criminal offense specified by the statute, but that hasen been nothing prevents it from being very and paraphrase at the end because it was referring to the judges. that's the concern going forward ishat the system -- when former pr
you admit irregularity of the department of justice. he said, and i think this applied to independent counsel system and could apply if presi are routinely subject to investigation going forward. one thing is certain, however, it involves investigating s prosecuting a particular individual. n one imagine a less equitable manner to involve a special responsibility to investigate and prosecute. what would the reaction be if in an area not covered by the state e justice department posted a public...
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in december of 2020 is telling the department of justice officials to write letters to urge them to sayaud and send a slate of electors to be counted on january 6th. there were conversations he had with doj officials of elevating clark to be the attorney general who could help overturn the 2020 election, and all of that is protected from absolute immunity. we're talking about not only the past, but also what a trump administration could look like in the future. >> such a significant decision, such a significant day. vaughn hillyard, thank you very much. >>> coming up, the bar for prosecuting donald trump just got a lot higher. what today's supreme court decision means for going to the polls in november. plus, how voters answered the question should joe biden be running after last week's debate. we've got new polling. don't go anywhere. t go anywhere. z's baking the house special. arisa's styling a new look. and steve's filling his biggest order ever. with the first ever comcast business five-year price lock guarantee, these business owners get five years of value on gig speed internet a
in december of 2020 is telling the department of justice officials to write letters to urge them to sayaud and send a slate of electors to be counted on january 6th. there were conversations he had with doj officials of elevating clark to be the attorney general who could help overturn the 2020 election, and all of that is protected from absolute immunity. we're talking about not only the past, but also what a trump administration could look like in the future. >> such a significant...
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the department of justice had acknowledged in the u.s. supreme court that mtola, the law that it says requires abortion to stabilizing care would not ever require an abortion of stabilizing care for a mental health crisis and that was somethingbo that had previously been unclear. and the department of justice said there are rigorous conscious protections for health workers so that if they were a nurse, a doctor and another health professional in the emergency room, they would have conscious, federal conscious protection that is they could invoke so as not to participate in an abortion that violated their conscious. those are two very important con decisions coming from the government side and so some of these justices who decided not to hear the case and decided now did so -- sorry, one more thing. through litigation, the department of justice had also put forward some specific examples of medical emergencies where they thought an abortion would be stabilizing care and idaho had clarified that on that record they believed all of those abo
the department of justice had acknowledged in the u.s. supreme court that mtola, the law that it says requires abortion to stabilizing care would not ever require an abortion of stabilizing care for a mental health crisis and that was somethingbo that had previously been unclear. and the department of justice said there are rigorous conscious protections for health workers so that if they were a nurse, a doctor and another health professional in the emergency room, they would have conscious,...
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the department of justice as an executive agency. that's one bucket of allegations in this indictment that this court did give clear guidance on saying that the president is absolutely immune for the conversations he had with department of justice officials and his contemplation of removing the then acting attorney general at the time because that person didn't want to do what trump wanted him to do in terms of communicating to state legislatures that they could take back their certificates of electors. >> lisa rubin, thank you. >>> today's decision included a powerful dissent from the three liberal justices. yamiche alcindor is outside the supreme court. the dissent is dramatic on paper, but apparently inside the court, it was even more so. tell us about it. >> that's right. justice sonia sotomayor, you could feel the frustration. she read it aloud from the bench. she said the decision to give presidents absolute immunity on official acts makes a mockery of our founding principles and constitution. i want to read what she wrote, thi
the department of justice as an executive agency. that's one bucket of allegations in this indictment that this court did give clear guidance on saying that the president is absolutely immune for the conversations he had with department of justice officials and his contemplation of removing the then acting attorney general at the time because that person didn't want to do what trump wanted him to do in terms of communicating to state legislatures that they could take back their certificates of...
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the department of justice sued the state of idaho, alleging our defense of life act that prohibits most abortions in the state except for circumstances of rape or incest or where it is to protect a mother's life, that statute the department of justice said was preempted by the emergency medical and treatment act, treatment and labor act, with oddly enough a point that the government doesn't like to focus on is that it actually requires an emergency room to treat not only women, but unborn babies. it is written that they are to treat the minute as two patients when they come into the emergency room. the justice department said it would require an abortion as stabilizing care in certain circumstances in which the department of justice believes idaho's law would forbid that abortion. they perceive a conflict between the two laws. they brought a lawsuit to that effect. i have been privileged to work on that case once it reached the u.s. supreme court and as you all are aware from the news this week, the court had initially granted a stay. now we get into the legalese and i'm trying to make
the department of justice sued the state of idaho, alleging our defense of life act that prohibits most abortions in the state except for circumstances of rape or incest or where it is to protect a mother's life, that statute the department of justice said was preempted by the emergency medical and treatment act, treatment and labor act, with oddly enough a point that the government doesn't like to focus on is that it actually requires an emergency room to treat not only women, but unborn...
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he will use the department of justice to achieve his political ends. with the insurrection and everything in between is -- is an anthema to the rule of law and to what we think of as our department of justice standing apart, ensuring that the -- the laws are applied fairly, i mean, it would be a disaster. >> you know, and sort of like a puppy that you're trying to potty train, there are a lot of -- he did, you know, to keep the potty training puppy metaphor going, he did have a lot of accidents on the rug in his effort to use the department to prosecute his friends. i mean, jeffrey berman wrote a book and talked about being asked by d.c. to prosecute folks where he thought the facts weren't there and michael cohen has written a book that he believes the bureau of prisons sent him to solitary for wanting to write a book. and john durham investigated individuals for four years and came up with two unsuccessful prosecutes of other individuals. there were efforts to weaponize. he's saying le operational in a second term. could you tell us what that looks l
he will use the department of justice to achieve his political ends. with the insurrection and everything in between is -- is an anthema to the rule of law and to what we think of as our department of justice standing apart, ensuring that the -- the laws are applied fairly, i mean, it would be a disaster. >> you know, and sort of like a puppy that you're trying to potty train, there are a lot of -- he did, you know, to keep the potty training puppy metaphor going, he did have a lot of...
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it's important for us to think responsibly about the department of justice. it is in office filled with a really good people who are doing their best. host: last call from south bend, indiana. this is adam. you are on with lindsay chervinsky. caller: thank you for having me on. one of the things you discussed earlier was the idea that all election reform needs to start at the state level. i can see that being true with things like ranked voting, but right now it feels like donald trump or anybody other than trump. now there is more hope on the kamala side, from her campaign. one of the things where i feel like we let our people down, citizens down, we don't educate about how our actual elections and funding takes place. would you mind discussing, talking about the different thresholds in the popular vote, when a candidate from a third party hits 5% of the popular vote, they become a minor party status, which gives them primary funds, gives them some ballot access that expands, limits their demands on time and resources just to get on state ballots, or what we
it's important for us to think responsibly about the department of justice. it is in office filled with a really good people who are doing their best. host: last call from south bend, indiana. this is adam. you are on with lindsay chervinsky. caller: thank you for having me on. one of the things you discussed earlier was the idea that all election reform needs to start at the state level. i can see that being true with things like ranked voting, but right now it feels like donald trump or...
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the grand jury who tried to indict him, and attempts of limiting the department of justice being usedor the president. and the independent counsel law expired and we're back to where we were in the nixon period. we're vulnerable to a president abusing power and taking control of the department of justice as a weapon, not as a source of enforcing justice. >> quickly, leah, do you see ways to correct for this opinion in the short term? >> the short term, ensuring that we don't elect a president who wants to interfere with the peaceful transition of power and prosecute their allies is kind of a minimum step in order to prevent this opinion from spiraling into the nightmare that justice sotomayor wrote powerfully about in they are dissent. >> leah litman, corey, have a great weekend. >>> up next, the democratic candidate who raised the most concerns about joe biden's age in 2020, what does congressman swalwell think should happen now. i'll ask him right here. next. ht here. next oh whoa. here you go, kiddo. thanks. hi honey ready to go? yup. there it is, there it is... ahhh...here we go.
the grand jury who tried to indict him, and attempts of limiting the department of justice being usedor the president. and the independent counsel law expired and we're back to where we were in the nixon period. we're vulnerable to a president abusing power and taking control of the department of justice as a weapon, not as a source of enforcing justice. >> quickly, leah, do you see ways to correct for this opinion in the short term? >> the short term, ensuring that we don't elect a...
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is the president's interactions, his charge of the department of justice. so these kind of blend together. first let's talk special counsel, katie. >> so i was alarmed to see that, lisa and i were talking about it during the break, that it came up during oral arguments that i was at at scotus. but as a blip on the radar, and the reason why i'm concerned is it kind of invites an issue from judge aileen cannon in florida in the classified documents case. i was just in court where donald trump moved to dismiss the indictment claiming that the appointment of special counsel jack smith was in violation of the appointments clause and it also violated the appropriations clause meaning the funding was inappropriate for special counsel jack smith. of course we don't have a ruling from judge cannon. that is pro forma for her. it takes forever. my concern is if there's an invitation in the concurrence by justice thomas for there to be a question of the validity of the appointment of jack smith. that goes beyond this analysis. it goes to the core of whether or not inde
is the president's interactions, his charge of the department of justice. so these kind of blend together. first let's talk special counsel, katie. >> so i was alarmed to see that, lisa and i were talking about it during the break, that it came up during oral arguments that i was at at scotus. but as a blip on the radar, and the reason why i'm concerned is it kind of invites an issue from judge aileen cannon in florida in the classified documents case. i was just in court where donald...
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it really is with the department of justice.hy and how monday's decision makes that even more the case. >> you know, the department of justice, the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, they are part of the president's national security team, along with people like john brennan, when he was the director of the c.i.a., the intelligence agencies and all of the national security agencies. they sit together at the white house in the situation room in, you know, a sensitive compartment information facility and talk about this on a daily basis. the president seeks the advice not only of his legal advisor within the national security council, but also the advice of all of the, you know, the principles part of that national security community. the department of justice, also through its office of legal counsel, is a really important part of ensuring the proposals that are brought to the president, the policy proposals, the actions, are consistent with law. that is domestic law and international law. and i will tell you, in my e
it really is with the department of justice.hy and how monday's decision makes that even more the case. >> you know, the department of justice, the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, they are part of the president's national security team, along with people like john brennan, when he was the director of the c.i.a., the intelligence agencies and all of the national security agencies. they sit together at the white house in the situation room in, you know, a sensitive...
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over the department of justice.rosecutorial functions and officials. that is a lot of power. the facts in the january 6th case is that donald trump weaponize the department of justice. they were, you know, claiming the election was a sham. the supreme court said that is okay. he has absolute immunity over that and you cannot prosecute him for that. so that means forget donald trump, the next occupant is right. i think that is what the congressman should have said. under this decision, any president would have enormous power, especially when it comes to the department of justice. >> the aclu said the court handed presidents a loaded word weapon to break the law. what is the worst case scenario you can envision? >> well, it would have been nice if the majority of the decision had say, of course, the president can't get a navy s.e.a.l. team to assassinate a political rival. they did not say that. it was an example of what could happen under this decision. justice roberts, in his majority decision, said that the dissent
over the department of justice.rosecutorial functions and officials. that is a lot of power. the facts in the january 6th case is that donald trump weaponize the department of justice. they were, you know, claiming the election was a sham. the supreme court said that is okay. he has absolute immunity over that and you cannot prosecute him for that. so that means forget donald trump, the next occupant is right. i think that is what the congressman should have said. under this decision, any...
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if you think about that in relation t to your question abot the department of justice which we could also say the irs, the fcc, the ftc, on and on and on in other departments and agencies with investigative functions, what this means as interpreted by the i supreme court, the core constitutional functions are not limited to things like the veto power with investors in the constitution. the majority resident said core constitutional functions are seeing the head of the executive branch and taking care that the cause be faithfully executed, the laws faithfully executed were similar. for congress but s they discuss is the one thing they apply as to the former president interaction with his department of justice, the pressure on the acting attorney general to investigate alleged election fraud and more than that to make public statements that there is substantial evidence of election fraud when that was false, the threats to remove the acting assistant attorney general, they say these things and the power to remove that is closer to court functions but simply directing investigations,mp
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of justice and the installation of loyalists in the department of justice and so it would be a disastere trump is back in office with a blueprint like project 2025 for the doj. >> no question about it. he is first of all going to get rid of all of these civil servants. he's basically going to eviscerate the entire civil service at the department of justice. those are the people who are the bulk work of our justice department that would stand up to somebody like trump, but number one plan is to get rid of them. this is a plan that is all being directed by donald trump and viktor orban, the president of hungary, who has basically set up the same system in hungry such that it still exists somewhat of a democratically elected country except that they have rigged the entire system so that it is gerrymandered and there is no way viktor orban can never be defeated and does the same thing donald trump wants to do, to be dictator from day one, and suspend our constitution and do it sub rosa, the same way viktor orban has done it in hungary. >> or bonn, put in, multiple terms. thank you so much.
of justice and the installation of loyalists in the department of justice and so it would be a disastere trump is back in office with a blueprint like project 2025 for the doj. >> no question about it. he is first of all going to get rid of all of these civil servants. he's basically going to eviscerate the entire civil service at the department of justice. those are the people who are the bulk work of our justice department that would stand up to somebody like trump, but number one plan...
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but it's how it really is at the department of justice. explain how monday's decision makes that even more the case. >> so you know, the department of justice, the attorney general, deputy attorney general you know, they are part of the president's national security team along with people like john brennan when he was the director of the cia. the director of our intelligence community. agencies and all of the national security agencies. and they sit together at the white house in the situation room in a -- you know, a skip, a sensitive compartmented information facility and talk about national security issues of all sorts of flavors on a daily basis. the president seeks the advice not only of the legal advisor within the national security council, but also the advice ofall of, you know, the principals who are part of that national security community. and then the department of justice also through its office of legal counsel is a really -- important part of ensuring that the proposals that are brought to the presidenting and the policy pro
but it's how it really is at the department of justice. explain how monday's decision makes that even more the case. >> so you know, the department of justice, the attorney general, deputy attorney general you know, they are part of the president's national security team along with people like john brennan when he was the director of the cia. the director of our intelligence community. agencies and all of the national security agencies. and they sit together at the white house in the...
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with me at the table for the rest of the hour former top prosecutor at the department of justice, msnbc legal analyst andrew weissmann. your thoughts. >> so that statement is interesting for a number of reasons. one, that it's issued so quickly. you have to remember that this is a case where the attorney general and the solicitor general know the law extremely well and know just how wrong this decision is. we have had special counsels under republican and democratic administrations.
with me at the table for the rest of the hour former top prosecutor at the department of justice, msnbc legal analyst andrew weissmann. your thoughts. >> so that statement is interesting for a number of reasons. one, that it's issued so quickly. you have to remember that this is a case where the attorney general and the solicitor general know the law extremely well and know just how wrong this decision is. we have had special counsels under republican and democratic administrations.
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department of justice have to be dismissed.ut the -- and the conversations with the vice president, you know, needs to be subject to a test. but when you actually dig into what the supreme court said, it's going to be very difficult for jack smith or any prosecutor to say that that much of that case survives because you're not allowed to inquire into donald trump's motive, according to the supreme court, and you can't use evidence of official acts even to prove other portions that are not official. so let's just say the d.c. case at a minimum has been hollowed out, if not entirely gutted. and it is also on hold for a very long time. because that's going to -- all of those things are going to take time. the georgia case, same problem, same prospect, same everything. the new york case is the one that you would think would be the most immune from this decision but donald trump, his lawyers have already sought to say we need a hearing. the judge has postponed sentencing. if there needs to be sentencing, the judge said. until septem
department of justice have to be dismissed.ut the -- and the conversations with the vice president, you know, needs to be subject to a test. but when you actually dig into what the supreme court said, it's going to be very difficult for jack smith or any prosecutor to say that that much of that case survives because you're not allowed to inquire into donald trump's motive, according to the supreme court, and you can't use evidence of official acts even to prove other portions that are not...
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representative of the us department of justice also has to pay $243,600,000 in criminal fines .garian prime minister viktor orbán after his trip to russia where he met with the country's president vladimir putin. currently in peking with president xi jinping. the republic of china speaks the prime minister of hungary, who is close to russia , arrived in china for a peacekeeping mission amid the war in ukraine. this unexpected trip to the chinese capital after viktor orban's controversial trip to moscow on friday done. the philippines and japan signed a defense pact. an agreement that allows the deployment of forces in other countries that have signed this agreement so that they can strengthen their relations to fight against the influence of china. the philippines has already signed similar agreements with australia and the united states and is considering concluding a new agreement with france. . panama closed its border with colombia to prevent the crossing of migrants who intend to enter the us territory. this is the route that tens of thousands of people from central america
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these congressional hearings helped lead to new laws and the creation of a new department of justice. they had a major impact on our country for decades. well, as part of our series congress investigates, we hear the story from professor sean lee alexander of the university of kansas. he's the author of the book reconstruction violence and the ku klux klan hearings. professor alexander, following the civil war, were freed. black slaves starting to make progress and changes in their lives. absolutely. in the immediate years of the emancipation, african-americans organized in tremendous ways and and began to build build wealth, own property. they began to set up schools and go to schools and began to exercise the franchise wherever they could before the 14th and 15th amendments were passed. and that progress in many ways challenged white perception of african-americans that they held in bondage and considered inferior to themselves. what size population are we talking about? freed black slaves at this point. you're looking at about a over 4 million individuals in the south at the time.
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of justice to prosecute the crash of two planes. if this company escapes in indonesia and ethiopia, boeing will be exempted from prosecution in this transaction while paying a fine to the us department of justice and admitting its crimes. the families of the victims of these incidents criticized this deal and called it a kind of collusion and hiding the consequences they called boeing's deadly crime. boeing 737 max planes crashed in indonesia and ethiopia in 2018 and 2019, killing 346 people. airplanes of the american company boeing have had many accidents in recent months. may your day be happy and full of goodness and blessings. safai tefalane, peace be upon you. since a few days ago, by raising the flag of torment and setting up tents to mourn the martyrdom of seyyed al-shahda , he is preparing to buy food for everyone to show his devotion to sahat hussain whenever he becomes muharram. we start black a week and a few days before covering our neighborhood on all occasions, we have flags , my people come here during the muharram da
of justice to prosecute the crash of two planes. if this company escapes in indonesia and ethiopia, boeing will be exempted from prosecution in this transaction while paying a fine to the us department of justice and admitting its crimes. the families of the victims of these incidents criticized this deal and called it a kind of collusion and hiding the consequences they called boeing's deadly crime. boeing 737 max planes crashed in indonesia and ethiopia in 2018 and 2019, killing 346 people....
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some of those include contact with the department of justice, contact with the vice president. we know in the case of former president trump he's alleged and we know he did this, in some cases he was pressuring his vice president to overturn the results of the 2020 election. he was also looking to possibly install someone at the doj who would overturn or seek to overturn the results of the 2020 election. today the supreme court is saying those are official acts and likely are going to be immune. there is going to be, as you said, this mini trial to decide what are official action and not official acts. as i'm reading through this decision, there were a number of times where people said, well, what if he takes a bribery, the president, for appointing an ambassador, tries to bribe someone to kill someone who is a political opponent. it sounded like what the supreme court is saying when it comes to constitutional abilities like appointing ambassadors, those are official acts that would be immune. possibly when he's acting as a private citizen, as a candidate, those acts might not
some of those include contact with the department of justice, contact with the vice president. we know in the case of former president trump he's alleged and we know he did this, in some cases he was pressuring his vice president to overturn the results of the 2020 election. he was also looking to possibly install someone at the doj who would overturn or seek to overturn the results of the 2020 election. today the supreme court is saying those are official acts and likely are going to be...
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it also gives them more of this narrative that biden's quote, unquote doj, department of justice is out to get him. and in fact, he did have immunity. all of these all this time. and this is the political argument that he's been saying that biden is trying to come after him. look, it turns out the supreme court court ruled in his favor and i would actually argue that politically the stronger case for them is on friday and that's what we saw when they ruled that the doj had overstepped with some of the people who participated in january 6, that actually helps them less legally, but politically as they paint this big portrait that joe biden is in charge of all of donald trump's legal issues, which obviously there is no evidence of that at all. that dot case goes more to that argument, but this this legally helps and not have to face trial before the election. because as you pointed out, if he were to be re-elected as president, he could either bard himself, he could direct his doj to drop this exactly all alright, thank you so much, kristen holmes. appreciate it, briana, or let's break th
it also gives them more of this narrative that biden's quote, unquote doj, department of justice is out to get him. and in fact, he did have immunity. all of these all this time. and this is the political argument that he's been saying that biden is trying to come after him. look, it turns out the supreme court court ruled in his favor and i would actually argue that politically the stronger case for them is on friday and that's what we saw when they ruled that the doj had overstepped with some...
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of justice to attack his foes for the right, the context is there are two forms of justice department officials who spoke on the condition of anonymously. they said the ruling would embolden trump and give him coverage to pressure the justice department for his own political benefit and prosecute enemies i go easy on an ally basing he was executing his official duties as president. frank, we are potentially, we always talk about how the things that happen from supreme court and taking us and rolling back, right, but we are going to go back to, potentially, these j. edgar hoover days. if he is elected president but i would argue, any future president, joe biden has been very clear he will not abuse his powers. he understands what the supreme court died and disagrees with it but will not abuse his powers but what about every other president? it's not just donald trump. >> this is why when i encounter someone who says, i like the idea of a strong executive and authoritarian. we need that and i asked the question,, are you good with it if it is a democrat? if it is a party you don't like?
of justice to attack his foes for the right, the context is there are two forms of justice department officials who spoke on the condition of anonymously. they said the ruling would embolden trump and give him coverage to pressure the justice department for his own political benefit and prosecute enemies i go easy on an ally basing he was executing his official duties as president. frank, we are potentially, we always talk about how the things that happen from supreme court and taking us and...
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his congressional hearings helped lead to new laws and the creation of a new department of justice. they had a major impact on our country for decades. as part of our series congress investigates. we hear the story from professor sean lee alexander of the university of kansas. he is the author of the book reconstructing violence and the ku klux klan hearings. following the civil war, where free black slaves starting to make progress and changes in their lives? >> absolutely. in the many years of the emancipation they organized in tremendous ways and began to build wealth, own property, began to set up schools and go to schools and began to exercise the franchise wherever they could between the 14th and 15th amendments being passed. and that progress, in many ways, challenged white perceptions that they held in bondage and were considered inferior to himself. >> what size population are we talked about? free black slaves at this point. >> over 4 million individuals in the south at the time. >> were attitudes changing among white americans in the north and the south and how white amer
his congressional hearings helped lead to new laws and the creation of a new department of justice. they had a major impact on our country for decades. as part of our series congress investigates. we hear the story from professor sean lee alexander of the university of kansas. he is the author of the book reconstructing violence and the ku klux klan hearings. following the civil war, where free black slaves starting to make progress and changes in their lives? >> absolutely. in the many...
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tom feels that department of justice. the biden-harris administration lower everything cost for the american people are already seeing the benefits including your health insurance premium prescription drugs and lower utility bills. across industries the efforts include new innovative strategies in target root causes price gouging. president biden signed into executive order the american economy. the grocery store checkout line. the all of government approach established the white house competition putting the usda and d.o.j. again other industries the market power and agriculture sets the stage for corporations and make consumers vulnerable to higher prices for shareholders. while families can find ways to curb their spending elsewhere, putting food on the table is a necessity and although there are variables that impact prices outside of our control with the flu and it makes it all the more critical government helps validation and price manipulation from chicken, eggs, beef. speakers today will highlight the ongoing acti
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the right wing project 2025 calling for the end of an independent department of justice. placing it under trump's total control, allowing him to launch the kind of investigations he and allies are calling for. trump knows how toxic this all sounds to most voters. so he's recently tried to distance himself from it. today though, abc news reporting on the extensive links between trump, his campaign, and project 2025. democrats now spotlighting this toxic gop agenda as part of their decision 2024 messaging and it just might be working. the biden campaign highlighting this chart you see on your screen. it shows google searches over the last month. that blue line, that's project 2025. that red line, that's taylor swift. and the yellow line is the nfl. you can see searches for project 2025 at the top. that blue line. now surpassing searches for taylor swift and the nfl. joining me now is sky perryman, the president and ceo of democracy forward, a progressive legal organization pushing back against project 2025 and david jolly. my thanks to both. sky, i want you reaction to what
the right wing project 2025 calling for the end of an independent department of justice. placing it under trump's total control, allowing him to launch the kind of investigations he and allies are calling for. trump knows how toxic this all sounds to most voters. so he's recently tried to distance himself from it. today though, abc news reporting on the extensive links between trump, his campaign, and project 2025. democrats now spotlighting this toxic gop agenda as part of their decision 2024...
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but again, this is a question for the department of justice. will you enforce the law, local and federal, against the protestors yesterday who defaced and destroyed federal property right here in washington, d.c.? >> bill: though protests went 24/seven when trump was in the white house. you could hear it just all over town and you know you could hear it inside the white house at that time, too. >> dana: what's the penalty for releasing maggots and crickets into the watergate hotel where netanyahu was staying? >> it was disgusting. the hotel, i hope, has filed complaints with the police department here. but the fact that people were allowed to release those things inside the hotel as foreign heads of state were staying there is unbelievable. you have to wonder about this chaos. are we safe? is the department of justice willing to enforce the law as vigorously against these people causing potential harm to benjamin netanyahu and right here in union station as they were the people who rushed the capitol on january 6th? it is a real question. >> bi
but again, this is a question for the department of justice. will you enforce the law, local and federal, against the protestors yesterday who defaced and destroyed federal property right here in washington, d.c.? >> bill: though protests went 24/seven when trump was in the white house. you could hear it just all over town and you know you could hear it inside the white house at that time, too. >> dana: what's the penalty for releasing maggots and crickets into the watergate hotel...